The apartment is a little penthouse (about 65 mq.) in Turku, Southern Finland.
Before renovation, too many walls and doors blocked the spaces and the
passage of light, and the most beautiful view of the historical sites of
Turku was on the bedroom side. My principal goal in this project was
letting the light flow in and creating a relaxing livingroom where my
customer could do his creative work.
The partial demolition of walls was a natural consequence, along with
reversing the location of the bedroom and living room. After fixing
this, we decided on the overall “concept” together with my customer,
organizing all the details that colored the white spaces. That happened
during my customer’s visit to Rome (due to my impossibility to travel in
that period), and via 4oo e-mails between Turku and Rome. The result is
what I now consider my style: a blend of cultures. There is nothing
that stimulates me more than to study different countries and make some
cultural themes recognizable but never intrusive in the project. In this
case, the floor is covered with parquet of white ash, the shelves are
birch and the kitchen table is also birch but colored with heat. Wood is
a omnipresent element in this flat as it constantly is for Finnish
people, but the real attention is catalyzed by the nature theme pictured
on wall paper of the livingroom , carrying colours and
contrasts and a typical Mediterranean “courage”. The furniture itself in
the livingroom is a mix of the 2 cultures and of past & present:
the grandmother’s armchair is a piece of Finnish vintage from the
sixties as is the red floor lamp. The arc framing the wall paper is the
famous Twiggy by Foscarini and the suspended lamps are Italian as
well:Olimpia by Ideal Lux. Everything fits together in perfect harmony!